Even More Carrot
Trivia

Trivia 2which gives examples of the carrot in the Arts and
Sciences together with some fascinating "rock art" discovered by Brian Lee
in America. Here you will also find the famous icy sparks microwave
effect explained, and examples of carrot tattoos. Carrots can make antifre

eze and see if carrots could unlock the mysteries
of the universe!
Were Carrots the first step in cloning? and so much more .........

Trivia 3 concentrates on Carrots in
Literature, Poetry and Quotations.

Cut some Carrot flowers, put them in
a glass with water coloured with food dye and watch the blooms change colour.

Howard Hughes always measured every carrot
he ate.

The Polish for carrot is Marchew.

Researchers at the USDA found that study participants who consumed 2 carrots
a day were able to lower their cholesterol levels about 20 percent due to a
soluble fibre called calcium pectate.

the Roman invaders fed carrot broth to their female captives in hope of
loosening their straight-laced demeanour.

In 1990 Crayola added neon carrot colour
to its range of crayons

In the Indian state of Rajastan women
are obliged to eat carrot seeds. It is believed the carrot seeds have
contraceptive qualities. Learn more on the Contraceptive
page.

A strong decoction of carrot and root
make a very good insecticide.

You get 10 mg of Vitamin A from 20 average
carrots.

Villagers in Creances, France, have been
dressing up as carrots all week in August 2003 celebrate the area's 1,000
years of carrot production.
(see Museum visit here)

The Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
employs a Research Professor in Processing Carrots. The Research Professor
will examine such priorities as soil conservation, variety evaluation, insect
and disease management and harvest and post-harvest technology.
See
their site here.

There is as much calcium in 9 carrots as
there is in a glass (250ml) of whole milk.

For the same amount of calcium in around
9 carrots you would need to eat over a kilo of garlic.

The Spanish word for carrot is
zanahoria, which also means nerd.

American cockroaches can synthesize
beta-carotene it is thought they have special enzymes, or some micro organisms
living in the insects' bodies to provide the synthesis.

The root of Queen Anne's Lace flower
is chewed by North African caravaners
to protect themselves from the sun, because it
stimulates pigment production.

It is alleged that Nero ate the last remaining
root of the ancient carrot "sylphion".

China produces 274,900,000 tonnes of
carrots per year.

Carrot (from American Mountain men
terms) meansA bundle of tobacco, wrapped in linen, then
whip-wrapped with cords thus forming a crescent-shaped bundle. An early method
of packaging and selling tobacco

The points of the hoops stuck in the
ground used in croquet are called carrots - see
photo.

Wild rabbits do not eat carrots - you
have been watching too much Bugs Bunny !

Washington state has quarantined Wild
Carrot to prevent any escapes into its wildlands and agricultural
regions. It is illegal to transport, buy, sell or distribute seed there. The
penalty is a $5,000 fine.

The maximum amount of work produceable
by a pound of Carrots is that it will enable a man to raise 64 tons one foot
high, so that it would appear to be a very efficient force producer.

The total area in Britain planted with carrots each year is 9000ha -
double the size of Holland's carrot production area. That's 2000 times
bigger than the roof area of the new Wembley Stadium or the equivalent of
18000 football pitches.

The name 'Carrot' is Celtic, and means
'red of colour'.

Three Carrots give you enough energy
to walk three miles.

One pound of carrots will make approximately
six to eight ounces of carrot juice.

Carrot: All brides should be given carrots.
It supposedly brings luck in the kitchen.

In Cigar Terminology a carrot is composed
of 4 hands tied together. The carrot is prepared by smoothing or pressing
out the leaves that are to remain outside like a cover. The carrot is tied
with fibre.

Carrot seeds are one half of small spiny
fruits called schizocarps.

Cooked carrots are rated at 49 in the Glycaemic
Index.

In Astrology, Wild Carrots belong to
Mercury.

There is a carrot caterpillar, the larva
of the swallowtail butterfly.
Picture here.

Large Carrots make excellent baby teethers.

Early Native Americans
(Mohegans) are recorded to have used carrot roots for food, and to have utilised
an infusion of the blossoms to treat diabetes.

Chinese and Indian writings indicate eye
disease was treated by squeezing the juice of liver on to the eye. (Don't
try this at home folks!)

A teaspoon holds almost 2000 carrot seeds.

If cows eat too many carrots their milk
tastes bitter.

One tiny alfalfa leafcutter bee can pollinate
carrots 20 times better than its larger, noisier, more irritable honey bee
cousins. Learn more here.

Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

On an average day, the year-round operation
at Grimmway Farms processes 2-1/2 miles of trucks loaded with 10 million
pounds of carrots.

Grimmway processes 40,000 of California's
75,000 acres of carrots.

The classic Snowman's nose is always
a Carrot.

Bugs on stamps! The U.S. Postal Service
has issued a stamp honouring the pesky wabbit in a ceremony on the lot of
Warner Bros. studios in Burbank CA.

An old Polish saying " If your husband
is old and weak you must have him to drink the juice from two big carrots
and one firm celery".

In Java the people eat carrot
leaves.

The Greeks thought that carrots cured
venereal disease.

The Arab cultures thought it a possible
aphrodisiac.

One of the old tales is true and one isn't:
Carrots won't make your hair curly; but they do sharpen night vision.

The river known as oskatask sipiy in
Cree, literally "river of the wild carrot" runs by the town of Carrot River
in Saskatchewan. The town's motto is "Small Town Hospitality- Big Town
Amenities".

Carrot is used in two very common French
expressions of the 19th century : "to pull on the carrot" meant to extort
a confession from somebody and "to pull a carrot" meant to imagine an excuse
to fiddle money or to get a doctor to make an exemption for the military
service.

According to French popular wisdom (!),
eating carrots makes people nice and gives them blushing thighs.

Carrot is a symbolic of fecundity (look
it up).

According to a superstition, a diet of
very fresh carrot juice during pregnancy fortifies a child but, should he
be red-haired, he will later on have bad instincts.

In magic, carrot seeds are given to help
women wishing to have a baby to conceive.

The Flaming Carrot was a mysterious and
demented comic book superhero.

Attempts have been made to extract sugar
from Carrots, but the resulting thick syrup refuses to crystallize, and in
competition with either cane sugar or that obtained from the beetroot, it
has not proved commercially successful.

In April 2002, the British Sun Newspaper carried an advertisement by Tesco, a large supermarket chain, which announced the development of the genetically engineered "whistling carrot." The carrot had been developed to include tapered air holes over its entirety so that when cooked, the carrots would whistle. (April Fool Joke!)

By the early 1300s, a violet-coloured
carrot was being grown in Italy, where it was stewed with honey and served
as a dessert.

The Hebrew word for carrot is "gezer,"
which also means decree. So munching a carrot is also a request that any
evil decree will be withheld in the coming year.

In traditional St Patrick's day parades
in the USA the people on floats throw carrots and cabbages and if you catch
one you will have luck all year round. On the same day they also drink green
beer!

Roasted carrots can be used as coffee
substitute.

Carrot syrup is sometimes employed as a
sweetening agent.

Alcoholic tincture of carrot seed is
incorporated in French liqueurs.

When the British Navy blockaded West Indian
sugar from entering Europe in the 18th century, chemists made sugar from organic
carrots.

Carrot oil is used for flavouring and in
perfumery.

An extract of carrots was used to colour
oleos (margarine) during the fats rationing that took place during WWII

Considerable honey is manufactured from
bees visiting carrot, although the quality is poor.

Juwarot variety contains almost twice the carotene
of any other carrot.

William Wells, also known as Apekonit
and Epiconyare, was captured by the Indians in 1784 when he was 14 years
old. Apekonit is an Indian Word for several plants including wild carrot.
Wells had red hair so his Indian name was "carrot top" or "red head.

Carrot leaves were used to decorate ladies
hair in Western Europe in place of feathers.

The variety Daucus. maritimus, frequent
on many parts of the sea coast in the south of England, which differs from
ordinary carrots in having somewhat fleshy leaves and is destitute of the
central purple flower. In this case, all the flowers of the head have often
a somewhat pinkish tinge.

There was a curious superstition that
this small purple flower of the Carrot was of benefit in epilepsy.

Carrots make a lovely drop of wine.

The black swallowtail butterfly lays its
eggs on plants in the carrot family, and the caterpillars feed on the foliage,
so grow a few extra carrots for the butterflies!

December 6th marks the beginning of the
holiday season in many families of Dutch, German and Eastern European heritage.
Dutch children eagerly anticipate the arrival of St Nicholas by stuffing
their shoes with hay and carrots for Sinterklaas' horse. By morning, if the
children have been good, the snacks have been replaced with gifts.

You can make rattlesnake weed brew from
the roots of the wild carrot. This is prepared by drying, grinding, and then
roasting a few Daucus roots. Add hot water to a palm full of the roasted
roots and let it steep for about 15 minutes before drinking.

In Afghanistan and India, a fermented
alcoholic beverage is made from carrot roots, a flour from dried carrot roots
is used as a thickener, and the leaves are eaten in soups and stews.

The British developed high-carotene carrots
during World War II in order to enhance the night vision of their pilots
(via massive consumption). read more

There is a miniature rose named "Carrot
Top".

Amazon bookstore includes over
34000 books
with the title "carrot" in them.

Notice found in
the Town of Port Hope Ontario: "Unless noxious weed or weeds are destroyed
by June 1st of each and every year, and throughout the season, the municipality
may enter upon said lands to cause the noxious weeds or weed seeds to be
destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxes as set out in the
Act. Noxious weeds requiring eradication as they appear are Goat's Beard,
Chicory, Thistles, Ragweed, Poison Ivy and .. WILD CARROT!

The name 'Carrot' is Celtic, and means
'red of colour,' and Daucus from the Greek dais to burn, signifying its pungent
and stimulating qualities.

The last meal on the Titanic included
creamed carrots in the fifth course.

From 1 lb. of Carrots we can obtain 1 ounce
and 11 grains of sugar, while out of those 16 oz. fourteen are water. When
we consider that in an average man of 11 stone or 154 lb. weight, about 111
of these are water, we see what a large supply is needed to repair waste
and wear and tear.

Carrot cake gained its popularity by being
created during scarcity in World War Two (see
WW2 page here).

The first carrot cakes are thought to be
created from a German carrot-nut bread
recipe.

During some religious festivities, people
eat carrots cut in rounds, like coins, to symbolize future prosperity.

The Ancient Greeks called carrots "karoton".

The saying "dangling a carrot" as a way
to get someone to do something, originates from the 1890s, when carrots were
dangled in front of donkeys to get them to move.

In Germany, a hot beverage was made from
carrots which had been chopped into small pieces and roasted.

The ruling planet for cultivated carrot
is Mars; for wild carrot it's Mercury.